Swims350
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- Joined
- Jul 30, 2010
- Posts
- 4,357
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- 818
- Location
- Logan WV
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- 1983
- Truck Model
- K10
- Engine Size
- none
why in the wordl did gm put them things where they did. The inside of the frame rails, wow talk about rough to get to unless you got a step line wrench or something. It's a big pain.
Had to change them out on the 84 c10 today, had brakes dragging on it, not releasing, hard to rotate the wheels off the ground, couldn't free wheel more then 1/4 turn.
The PS was locking up, and once pryed over it moved better, but once the hose was off it freed up.
The PS one was blocked by the other lines, had to remove the hard line from the prop. valve and cut it at the bend where it goes into the brake hose. The DS wasn't too bad, I got a wrench locked on it but had to turn the hose part to get the line off.
The icing on the cake was after fighting the PS one with a wrench, 3/8 line wrench from craftsman, stripped off, tried locking pliers, didn't seem to do anything, WWWWEEELLLL we get the rubber hose off, cut the hard line, go to remove the hard from the hose, it unscrews by hand. You got to be kidding me, how that happened not a clue, guess it came loose at some point and we couldn't tell. That would have saved us buying a new front hard line and cutting it off.
So tomorrow we have to buy a new hardline, bend it to fit, and then change the hoses(just have to unbolt from the calipers) we already have them, then we gotta bleed the system.
Just figured I'd rant on them, not to mention the stupid nut thing that holds them into the frame rail, that thing sucks. it appears ours had the DS hose changed but never the PS one. Reason, the new hoses have a thick nut to grab onto, and a horsehoe clip to keep them from pulling thru the framerail, the old ones are solid washer like and very thin nut, barely enough to get a wrench on.
Had to change them out on the 84 c10 today, had brakes dragging on it, not releasing, hard to rotate the wheels off the ground, couldn't free wheel more then 1/4 turn.
The PS was locking up, and once pryed over it moved better, but once the hose was off it freed up.
The PS one was blocked by the other lines, had to remove the hard line from the prop. valve and cut it at the bend where it goes into the brake hose. The DS wasn't too bad, I got a wrench locked on it but had to turn the hose part to get the line off.
The icing on the cake was after fighting the PS one with a wrench, 3/8 line wrench from craftsman, stripped off, tried locking pliers, didn't seem to do anything, WWWWEEELLLL we get the rubber hose off, cut the hard line, go to remove the hard from the hose, it unscrews by hand. You got to be kidding me, how that happened not a clue, guess it came loose at some point and we couldn't tell. That would have saved us buying a new front hard line and cutting it off.
So tomorrow we have to buy a new hardline, bend it to fit, and then change the hoses(just have to unbolt from the calipers) we already have them, then we gotta bleed the system.
Just figured I'd rant on them, not to mention the stupid nut thing that holds them into the frame rail, that thing sucks. it appears ours had the DS hose changed but never the PS one. Reason, the new hoses have a thick nut to grab onto, and a horsehoe clip to keep them from pulling thru the framerail, the old ones are solid washer like and very thin nut, barely enough to get a wrench on.
